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Welcome to our latest Summer Fundraising eNewsletter @ Messrs G Owen & Co!!! Our Web Site & Fundraising eNewsletter Web Page continues to be running for your benefit whether you are a new visitor to us or you visit this web site regularly, please enjoy!!


This funding and community information is intended for you to circulate, (as it is recognising and acknowledging us in ALL circulation / publication), for the benefit of voluntary groups and organisations you serve you may also wish to include in your own Newsletters. A contribution towards the administrative costs involved would be both welcomed and valued to enable us to maintain this service in the future (Please see details for payment below via PayPal).

You may wish to select the fundraising sources to suit individual needs. The wording of individual entries has been determined by the funder, (except if otherwise stated), so please do not change or edit the text. In that way everyone can be assured that the information is, as far as possible, correct. Please credit us as the source where appropriate. If any funding source is donated by ** they may not of been in the last issue, (although possibly appeared before in earlier editions of our eNewsletter). However, text, especially deadlines, may have been updated.
Simply click on the hyperlinks highlighted, (or logos) below for each potential funding source.
The list of prospective funders/grant-aid bodies below is by no means exhaustive and will be added to as they become available so watch this space!

Sincerely

Gordon Owen





Funding / Grants Sources:



The Big Lottery Fund BLF has announced that it is to end grant making in England by its well established 'Community Fund' regional committees and regional offices. Instead grant assessment and grant awards will normally come from one of two new 'operational centres' in the Midlands and the North of England respectively. The existing regional committees will be abolished and replaced by new 'stakeholder advisory panels' and 'new regional programmes as appropriate'.

For further information, please go direct to The Big Lottery Fund by clicking on the logo

The People's Millions Programme



The Finals! The Big Lottery Fund and ITV have teamed up to run an exciting new programme that will give Lottery funding to projects that benefit local communities.

Click here for further information.

To find out more about The People's Millions, take a look at their programme programme brochure (977Kb) (In Acrobat .pdf format).

Peoples Millions Regional Committees: Anglia | Border | Central | Grampian | Granada | London | Meridian | Scottish | Tyne Tees | Ulster | Wales | West | West Country | Yorkshire



Futurebuilders: Do not forget that the Futurebuilders fund for English applications. Futurebuilders aims to improve public service delivery through long-term investment in the voluntary and community sector in England. Please see Futurebuildres for more information.



Lloyds TSB Foundation: The Lloyds TSB Foundation Grant-making trust making grants to charities. Their mission is to support and work in partnership with charitable organisations which help people, especially those who are disadvantaged or disabled, to play a fuller role in communities throughout England and Wales. Details of their foundations in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands can also be found on this website. More information about applications is available from The Lloyds TSB Foundation.



Voluntary organisations with a proven track record€? will be given the opportunity to apply for unrestricted grants, and represent the voluntary and community sector at a national level, under the Home Office Active Communities Unit’s™ latest strategic funding round.

The grants represent over £10 million for voluntary sector and other not-for-profit organisations which demonstrate the ability to use their practical experience to influence the national debate on volunteering. Organisations have until 25 November to apply for the grants, with successful applicants expected to work closely with the Home Office to provide a national voice for the voluntary and community sector.

More information on the grants and application criteria . Applicants can also call the Home Office helpline on 020 7035 0555.



Churches Together in England: in case you were as yet unaware, Churches Together in England fund some projects managed entirely by churches. Priorities include: healthcare advice for young people, support for carers, counselling centres, development of self-help groups, transport of clients or volunteers, training of volunteers, action research into local needs and how volunteers can help, renovation of premises, and projects meeting the needs of women and people from ethnic communities & volunteering to provide heath & social care projects to the community. Grants of up to £20,000 are available. Call 020 7529 8133 or visit Churches Together in England for more information.



Special Grants Programme: the Special Grants Programme is now open for applications until 1st October. The programme supports innovative work by voluntary and community sector organisations in England by exploring diverse ways of involving people in improving the quality of life in towns and cities. It aims to provide support for organisations to carry out work of national and/or regional application that is relevant to the Government's priorities around improving the quality of life in urban environments. Applicants can apply for either development or strategic funding. For more information about the guidelines and restrictions, please see
Special Grants Programme.



BT Community Connections: BT Community Connections is a nationwide award scheme which connects community and voluntary groups to the internet. In the last two years of the scheme more than 3,400 winning groups have benefited enormously from internet access. Recipients receive an NEC multi-media computer, Microsoft software, and a contribution towards the cost of one year's internet access. Successful applicants in the past have included disability groups, inner city farms, youth groups, and an online rural shopping centre. More information and application forms are available from BT Community Connections, or by writing to BT Community Connections, P O Box 4500, London, W1A 7LF.



Camelot Foundation – Transforming Lives (UK) The Camelot Foundation makes grants to small and medium sized voluntary organisations who work in the fields of young parents, or those at risk of becoming young parents, young asylum seekers young people with mental health problems and young disabled people. In particular, the Foundation is looking for innovative ways of engaging young people. Please visit their website for the next deadline for applications.
Camelot Foundation Transforming Lives (UK).



Guide for Churches published by leading debt advice service (Credit Action) Credit Action's new Guide for Churches is a comprehensive guide written to help churches help those in financial difficulty. This guide covers issues like why the church should get involved and gives churches practical advice on setting up debt advice. For more information: Church IN Touch.



Funding to reduce violent crime (GB) DISARM is an independent charity that has been set up in response to the growing levels of violent crime within vulnerable communities around Great Britain. Funding is available to not for profit organisations that support victims of violent crime and their communities to enable them to work together and seek out effective ways of addressing the key issues that lead to violent crime behaviour. DISARM

Funding Websites:



Tudor Trust redefines priorities The Tudor Trust UK has updated its priorities, which include; Youth, Older people, Community, Relationships, Housing, Health: mental health, Health: substance misuse, Learning, Financial security, Criminal justice.
For more details, please visit: Tudor Trust UK.



The BTCV Peoples Places Award Scheme is awarding grants to community groups. The scheme is open to groups in rural and urban areas across England, funding projects that delivery community and environmental benefits, particularly targeting deprived areas and disadvantaged groups, offering people a chance to make a difference to their local environment by creating or improving a people's place, with grants of up to £10,000. Their website has more information or contact Chris Deeney on 01491 821623



Disabled Access to Arts and Heritage (UK) The Adapt Trust provides grants to improve access for disabled people to arts and heritage venues. Organisations such as Museums, Arts Centres, Studios, etc can apply for grants of between £500 and £3,000. Improvements can include: ramps; toilets; induction loops; lighting; signage, etc. Please visit their website for the next round of deadline dates for applications. The ADAPT Trust, P O Box 16817, Glasgow, G12 8WX. Tel: 0141 357 5515. Fax: 0141 357 5515



BRIDGEHOUSE TRUST SUSPENDS DISABILITY GRANT PROGRAMME (LONDON) Due to a technical problem with their Charitable Scheme, the Bridgehouse Trust is suspending its grant-making under its Access for Disabled People Access to Buildings (Main Grants) programme. The Trust which makes grants for the benefit of people living in London has been in discussion with the Charities Commission to resolve its problems. The other grant programmes operated by the Trust are still open for applications.



The Building TRUST Campaign Over the last few years, trust has steadily been eroded in our society. Faithworks believes that its loss, as well as the question of how to restore this rare but essential building block of every healthy community, will become one of the biggest themes of the coming General Election campaign. However, if any potential government has a fight on its hands to regain public trust, so too does the Church. Can the Church gain the trust of the Government and the public? Faithworks firmly believes that it can. The Building TRUST Campaign will seek to challenge and resource the Church to construct public trust within communities across the country.

Building TRUST: The Concert To launch the campaign Steve Chalke will be hosting Building TRUST: A Concert, a night of music and poetry. Acclaimed singer-songwriter Martyn Joseph and renowned poet Stewart Henderson will be lending their voice to the campaign with their own powerful forms of social commentary. For more info contact call the Faithworks Office. 020 7450 9071 or http://www.faithworks.info



BBC Children In Need Appeal (UK) Please visit their website for the next deadline for applications. The Appeal gives grants to organisations working with disadvantaged children and young people who must be aged 18 years and under, living in the United Kingdom. Their disadvantages addressed by the appeal can include illness, distress, abuse or neglect, any kind of disability, behavioural or psychological problems and / or living in poverty or situations of deprivation. Funding is available both for capital and revenue expenditure.



The Baring Foundation who may apply? This programme supports constituted not-for-profit voluntary organisations and provides funding for national organisations in England and or Wales or the local areas of London, Merseyside, Devon, Cornwall. For application form, download from Baring Foundation [In Word .doc Format].



New Faithworks Resource What is your next step in terms of community involvement? Where should you turn for assistance? Faithworks seeks to address these questions with the new 7-step guide to planning and funding your community project. This online guide will help you journey through the various stages of getting a community project off the ground and running. View the interactive 7-step guide at http://www.faithworks.info/7steps



Biffaward is a multi-million pound environment fund managed by RSNC,
which utilises landfill tax credits donated by Biffa Waste Services . The aim of Biffaward is to support projects that will be of lasting environmental benefit, improve quality of life and foster 'vibrant communities'. Funding is directed to projects, which provide and improve public amenities for communities within 10 miles of a Biffa operation. In addition, it funds projects that increase or maintain biodiversity. For information contact Grants Unit, Biffaward, RSNC, The Kiln, Waterside, Mather Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire NG24 1WT Tel: 01636 670000 Fax: 01636 670001 e-Mail: Web-sites: http://www.biffaward.org and http://www.rsnc.org



Hanson Environment Fund
The Hanson Environment Fund, managed by the Royal Society for Nature Conservation, uses landfill tax credits accumulated by Hanson, to support recycling, waste minimisation, environmental and community initiatives. Grants are awarded to projects that improve public amenities for communities within 10 miles of a Hanson operation. In addition it funds projects that increase or maintain biodiversity and certain projects that implement recycling and reuse of waste. For further information contact Grants Unit, Hanson Environment Fund, RSNC, The Kiln, Waterside, Mather Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire NG24 1WT Tel: 01636 670000 Fax: 01636 670001. e-Mail:



The CRED Programme Community Recycling and Economic Development Programme
The CRED Programme, managed by the Royal Society for Nature Conservation (RSNC) and nine consortium partners, distributes National Lottery money on behalf of the New Opportunities Fund under its Transforming Waste initiative in England. The Programme will award £35.2 million in grants of between £50,000 to £300,000 to community based projects carrying out waste reuse, recycling and composting. Awards will be made up until September 2006. For more information regarding the CRED Programme contact the Grants Unit, The CRED Programme, RSNC, The Kiln, Waterside, Mather Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire NG24 1WT. Tel: 0870 0361000 Fax: 0870 036 0101. e-Mail: Web-site: http://www.rsnc.org/cred



Alcan Prize for Sustainability
Alcan Inc. is a global leader in aluminium and packaging, as well as aluminium recycling. Through Alcan's community investment program and extensive experience of collaborating with not-for-profit and civil society organisations at a local and global level, Alcan has witnessed and learned to appreciate the enormous contribution these organisations make to pressing and progressing social, environmental and economic issues. Alcan has adopted sustainability as the key focus for its community investment program and, against this background, has created the US$1-million Alcan Prize for Sustainability to further support the not-for-profit sector and their contributions to economic, environmental and/or social sustainability.

Objectives of the Alcan Prize for Sustainability
Recognise and reward not-for-profit, civil society or non-governmental organisations that have made and continue to make significant contributions to integrating economic, environmental, and social sustainability for the benefit of present and future generations. Advance and increase awareness of local, regional, national or international not-for-profit, civil society or non-governmental organisations engaged in sustainable activities. Foster a legacy of sustainability by supporting the work of Prize recipients and enhancing their ability to build capacity and have a further impact in the future. Communicate sustainability practices and programs through the collection and promotion of examples. Generate volunteering opportunities for Alcan employees and encourage community involvement. Sustainability is defined as progressing economic, environmental and/or social development by helping global citizens meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The Alcan Prize for Sustainability identifies and recognises not-for-profit, civil society and non-governmental organisations for their contributions to economic, environmental and/or social sustainability. The Prize recognises past performance and helps winning organisations continue to contribute to and impact on sustainability through their ongoing activities.

Created in 2004 in association with the International Business Leaders Forum, the US$1-million Alcan Prize for Sustainability is one of the world's most significant, privately-funded awards for not-for-profit, civil society and non-governmental organisations. Prize recipients will be selected based on an evaluation by an independent, high-level, international panel of distinguished judges.

In addition to the US$1 million prize to be awarded to a single organization, the adjudication panel will have the opportunity to recognise non-winning finalists by awarding Alcan Bursaries. The bursaries will be awarded at the discretion of the adjudication panel based on merit. Alcan Bursaries will be offered to a suitably qualified senior member of staff to participate in the one year, part-time Post Graduate Certificate in Cross Sector Partnership accredited by the University of Cambridge. The course is a mix of residential and distance learning, run in partnership with International Business Leaders Forum and the University of Cambridge Program for Industry. For Further information visit the website http://www.alcan.com prizes for sustainability



BBC Appeals
The BBC's UK-wide broadcast appeals are made weekly on Sunday mornings and evenings on BBC Radio 4 and monthly on BBC Television in the Sunday Lifeline programme on BBC ONE. The Radio 4 appeal is repeated on Thursday afternoons and, except in special circumstances, there is a repeat of Lifeline during the following week. Applications are considered in competition with others received and a successful application may result in either a radio or a television broadcast: because there are more radio than television slots it is, of course, more likely that a successful application will result in a radio rather than a television appeal. In addition to the UK-wide broadcast appeals, there are periodical national appeals in Wales and Northern Ireland.
Applications from charities whose work is focused on these nations are considered at regular intervals by the respective National Advisory Committees. Local Charities working in a single discrete area in England are advised on contacting the Appeals Office to apply to their Local Radio station. Application forms for the Radio 4/Lifeline appeals are available from: The BBC Appeals Office, Room MC3D3, Media Centre, Media Village, 201 Wood Lane, London, W12 7TQ or download from Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/policies/charities e-Mail:



Running Costs, Annual Events and Ongoing Activities
AwardsforAll. can no longer fund any costs relating to activities already carried out by your organisation. This means that annual events or ongoing activities cannot be funded unless the Awards for All grant will clearly and specifically develop or extend the existing events or activities. Please be aware that you may have received funding several times in the past for the same events and activities. From now on you will no longer be successful unless you can argue how such repeated activity will be extended or developed.

Schools Major Policy Changes
They will no longer fund projects or activities that take place during school hours (not including lunch time). Any schools project (whether the applicant organisation is a school or not) can only be funded if it takes place outside the school day as defined.

Applications from schools will be expected to demonstrate an external focus, requiring them to work in partnership with other community-based organisations, for example a local sports club, local history group or artists co-operative. Applications which do not demonstrate a satisfactory external focus will be turned down.

Independent fee paying (private) schools are no longer eligible to apply to AwardsforAll.

The Senior Contact for any school application should be the Head or Deputy Head Teacher of the school.

All applications will be considered on their merits, according to our published aims, policies and criteria, in competition with others processed at the same time. We cannot guarantee funding in any circumstances. AwardsforAll



ThanQ.org
Working in the voluntary sector can be a rewarding career path with many opportunities to make a difference, whether this is as a paid or unpaid employee. In gratitude for the work that you do, business across the UK are saying 'thanQ' by giving significant discounts on goods and services. Now all staff and volunteers can benefit from savings at over 30 top retail brands completely free.



The Countryside Agency offers a range of grants to enable others to improve the quality of life in rural England. The Countryside Agency offers a range of grants predominantly through its Vital Villages programme. In addition grants are available through the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund and the Local Heritage Initiative. All their grants are administered through our regional offices so contact your local office for more information. See website for contacts.

The main grants available are listed below:

Vital Villages Grants
Parish Plans The starting point for many communities small grants to support planning and consultation activities in order to decide what your village needs most.
Community Services Grant Scheme Tackling the problem of dwindling services at the root, by enabling local people to set up their own enterprises.
Parish Transport Grant Scheme Supporting small-budget projects that help people in rural communities to meet their own local transport needs.
Rural Transport Partnership Grants for larger-scale transport solutions, awarded to people in different sectors of the community working together to solve specific transport problems.

Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund The Countryside Agency is working in partnership with English Nature, English Heritage, the aggregates industry and other organisations in order to distribute the fund which is being made available by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). The Countryside Agency is focusing on projects which deliver landscape, community and recreational benefits in areas affected by aggregates extraction with encouragement for community involvement and buy-in through certain projects.

Local Heritage Initiative The Local Heritage Initiative is an England-wide grant scheme that helps local groups to investigate, explain and care for their local landscape, landmarks, traditions and culture. The grant is provided by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) through a partnership, administered by the Countryside Agency with additional funding from the Nationwide Building Society.

Rural Housing Enabler The Countryside Agency operates a Rural Housing Enabler scheme which supports the employment of a local worker with housing expertise to work closely with local communities (normally Parish Councils), local authorities and housing providers to facilitate the process of providing affordable housing in rural areas. The posts are normally based in RCC's and funding is for 3 years with a possible extension at reduced funding levels for years 4 and 5. Joint funding is required from local sources such as local authorities and housing associations. Contact the housing lead in the Agency's regional offices for more information.

Countryside Agency Head Office, John Dower House, Crescent Place, Cheltenham, GL50 3RA Tel: number: 01242 533311
Email: Website: http://www.countryside.gov.uk



Help the Aged Grants
Help the Aged are currently running a very much reduced grant making programme and unfortunately are unable to accept any new enquiries for grant assistance until further notice. However, one of their Regional Development Officers might be able to offer you advice on areas such as the set up and development of your project, identifying other fundraising sources or general fundraising advice.

Any project they support with advice must fulfil certain criteria which you can see on their website.

Older People's Forums (Speaking Up For Our Age): This programme encourages older people to set up forums as an effective way of influencing local and national policies and services.
Please note that there are still grants available for the set-up and development of older persons' forums under the Speaking Up for Our Age programme.

For further information and help contact your Regional Development Officer (see website) Regional Distributions Department, Help the Aged, 207-221 Pentonville Road, London N1 9UZ Website: http://www.helptheaged.org.uk/Services/Grants/



Online fundraising service tops £1 million
Over £1 million has been donated to charities online through CAF's Tailored eFundraising service.

Launched in August 2002, eFundraising enables charities of all sizes to accept secure, tax-effective credit/debit card and Direct Debit donations from their own website, without the need for a specialised trading and banking service.

Currently used by over 350 non-profit organisations, individual donations through the service have ranged from £5 to £10,000 and have been made from 100 countries including Australia, Belgium, the US, Canada and Japan.

eFundraising links a charity's website to secure donation pages which can be tailored to fit in with the look and feel of its own site. Working alongside World Pay, the leading e-commerce solutions company, CAF (Charities Aid Foundation) undertakes all the administration on behalf of the charity, from designing the donation pages, to processing gifts and reclaiming tax from the HM Revenue & Customs • (HMRC). On average 76% of donations through eFundraising are made via Gift Aid compared to a sector average of 28%. As well as UK sterling, charities can appeal for gifts in US dollars or Euros with further currencies added to their donation pages on request.

Charities are able to view statements of donations online, while CAF provides donor records and hard copy reports to further support their fundraising activities. In addition, charities are able to view donations being made through their websites in real time and a unique online tracking facility enables them to identify from which sites or email their donations have originated.
For more information about eFundraising call 01732 520 316 or visit http://www.efundraising.org



The DTI/InterForum E-Commerce Awards have, since their inception as the UK online for business InterForum E-Commerce Awards in 1999, been recognising and rewarding innovation in the application of internet, information and communication technologies to transform small and medium sized businesses in the UK. The E-Commerce awards that are backed by the Government and sponsored by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS).

In their 6th year, the E-Commerce Awards are now fully established and have to date recognised the achievements of over 6,000 of the UK's small and medium businesses. Regional E-Commerce Awards categories include: e-business start-up; e-business; e-trading; teleworking, and broadband. National Innovation Awards categories will include: Best Use of e-Procurement technologies; Advanced Supply Chain; Best Use of Mobile & Wireless technologies; e-Tourism, plus an award sponsored by DEFRA, to recognise the use of e-business and e-commerce technologies in rural communities. Full details and online entry forms will be on website: http://www.ecommerce-awards.co.uk In addition companies can be nominated online.



igive2
Turn everyday shopping into donations for your charity, school or good cause.
igive2 can provide a profitable fundraising tool for your charity, school, community group or good cause. An effective online fundraising tool with no cost to your supporters. It generates funds from your supporters against purchases they would have made anyway!

It is free to join and no technical skills required. You can gain publicity for your charity or cause and increased awareness of your activities.

igive2 provides a complete solution to help you generate donations for your charity or good cause at no cost to your supporters.
Through their partnerships with hundreds of brand name retailers your supporters can easily raise money for your organisation every time they shop online. Simply register your cause with igive2, encourage your supporters to join and every time they shop with a participating retailer a percentage of the purchase will be rebated to your organisation.

Your supporters will be able to shop from hundreds of leading online retailers including Boots, W H Smith, MotherCare, CDWow, Debenhams, John Lewis and Argos. In addition to earning donations for your cause, supporters will be buying direct from these retailers whilst still qualifying for any of the shops usual offers and sales. There is no additional cost to your supporters.

For every purchase made by your supporters you will receive a percentage rebate of the purchase price. The various rebate amounts are publicised to your supporters in their members directory. Rebate percentages vary from 1%-20%, however, there are also generous donations made when a supporter applies for financial products or registers with gaming sites or simply agrees to receive companies newsletters!

Every month your supporters donations are aggregated and sent to you direct as a single donation to your cause. Look at website: http://www.igive2.co.uk for further information.



Youth Music
Youth Music has four funding programmes open for application. Grants of between £1,000 and £20,000 are available to non-profit making organisations to work with children and young people over a period of three to eighteen months.
The four Open Programmes are: First Steps Developing 0-5 year olds through music, with training for parents and carers; Music Maker Music-making in any style or genre for 5-18 year olds, or up to 25 year olds with special needs; Plug into Music Developing music technology skills for 5-18 year olds. Singing Challenge Encouraging new and exciting ways of singing for 5-18 year olds.

All organisations in receipt of Youth Music funding must include a trainee or peer-mentoring programmes. Applications are assessed on a rolling basis but you should allow approximately three months for a decision.

Guidelines, application forms and Hot Tips for each of the four Open programmes can be downloaded from their website. For further information Tel: 020 7902 1060 or e-Mail: Website: http://www.youthmusic.org.uk



* LaserLife Laser Printer Maintenance Offer
LaserLife are printer only specialists and pride themselves on tailor making maintenance agreements. Increased service levels, guaranteed repair times, guaranteed 1st time fix and preventative maintenance are some of the benefits on offer with LaserLife.

LaserLife know the importance of cost and service within the Voluntary Sector, which is why LaserLife are offering a INSTANT DISCOUNT on their prices by quoting RC1/Voluntary and you will qualify for an instant discount on any quotations proposed.
The proposed contract includes:

PREVENTATIVE SERVICING An effective printer maintenance agreement is just as much about prevention as it is cure. During the contract term they will organise 1 service visit. This will ensure that your printers are fully serviced and running at their optimum performance.

UNLIMITED PARTS, LABOUR AND CALL OUTS They will visit as many times as is necessary and use as many parts necessary during your contract. The fusers, Jet cards, transfer rollers, pick up rollers and main boards are some of the many items included in the contract.

ALL REPAIRS ON SITE LaserLife engineers carry most of the parts with them, allowing a repair to be concluded on the first visit. Most other companies will normally leave you without a replacement whilst they take it back to base for repairs.

A FREE PRINTER If any of the printers are no longer repairable whilst under contract with LaserLife, then LaserLife will give you a new equivalent printer to keep free of charge. This is designed to save you money, so that you never have to buy a new printer to replace the old one.

8 HOUR RESPONSE TIME LaserLife offer a response time of 8 hours nation-wide. All of LaserLife engineers are fully trained and qualified and are all government cleared. You will have an account manager designated to your account as well as a customer service team to assist with any queries.
LaserLife feel that the best way to prove how good their service is to pass on customer references that currently deal with us. All references are on request.

Should you need any further information or assistance please contact Robert Chalkwright Tel: 0208 960 1233 ex 304 Email: Website: http://www.laserlife.co.uk



North America UK Countryside Exchange
This international programme aims to provide professional development for professionals and volunteers while helping local communities with specific, pressing rural and urban fringe issues. It brings together people with working experience in countryside management, conservation, community development, economic development, planning, social exclusion, tourism and many other disciplines from the UK, North America and elsewhere.

Selected individuals work in teams of up to 8 people for 7-10 days in a host locality, following a locally developed programme of visits and meetings to address locally agreed issues and produce practical recommendations for local implementation. There is a strong emphasis on community involvement and capacity building.

The programme is sponsored in the UK by the Countryside Agency, the Countryside Council for Wales, DEFRA (RDS), the Forestry Commission, the Heritage Lottery Fund, the National Trust, Scottish Natural Heritage and the Welsh Development Agency. BTCV is also represented on its national steering group.

For further details see http://www.cei-associates.org or contact Phil Dagnall or John Chapman, CEI Associates, Houldsworth Mill Business & Arts Centre, Houldsworth St., Stockport SK5 6DA Tel: 0161 975 6140 Email:


Young Roots (£5,000 to £25,000) Young Roots offers grants of between £5,000 and £25,000. The scheme aims to involve 13-20 year-olds (up to 25 for those with special needs) in finding out about their heritage, developing skills, building confidence and promoting community involvement. Young Roots projects stem directly from young peoples' interests and ideas, harnessing their creativity and energy and helping them work with others in their local community.

To apply for this grant, please follow these steps:

STEP 1 - Before you apply?- Prior to applying for a grant please read through the following information:

Is it right for you? Find out if your project is suited to this grant Frequently asked question

Get answers to FAQs about this grant Case studies

Review projects that have been awarded grants Heritage & young people

Learn how young people might be more actively involved in finding out about their heritage and sharing it with others.

STEP 2 - Pre-application advice

Submit a pre-application form

If you believe that your project meets the criteria for this grant, please complete and submit our pre-application form to receive further help on applying for a grant. Contact your local Co-Ordinator

For further help and advice please contact your local Young Roots Co-Ordinator.

STEP 3 - Submit an application

Download the application pack
Order a hard-copy of the application pack



Neighbourhood Renewal Community Chests
This funding area is regional throughout England. The availability of this grant scheme is currently confirmed as far as 31st March 2006.

The Neighbourhood Renewal Community Chests scheme funds projects that will improve the quality of life in the 88 most deprived areas of England. The total fund value is £25,000,000 p.a, split between the nine English regions. The Community Chests programme provides small grants of between £50 and £5,000 to support projects that encourage greater community involvement in local activities.

Examples of projects the grants could pay for include: care facilities that would allow parents and carers more time to take part in local activities; a sports day or other community event; printing a community newsletter or hiring a room for a meeting; buying basic IT equipment and training; exchange visits to other projects; renovating disused premises or maintaining a playground.
The scheme is aimed at small community and voluntary sector groups who do not have access to other funding especially those from the most deprived neighbourhoods and hard-to-reach communities such as: black and minority ethnic groups; young, older or disabled people; faith communities; travellers; refugees; lone parents; lesbian, gay and bisexual groups.

The Single Community Programme will: establish and maintain Community Empowerment Networks; support community learning through small grants and the development of a learning strategy; provide small grants to enable a range of self-help and other community- based initiatives; support the involvement of communities in neighbourhood-level partnerships.

Grants are administered by specially chosen voluntary sector 'lead organisations' in each of the 88 Neighbourhood Renewal Fund areas, supported by community networks and local residents. Government Offices for the Regions can provide information on how to apply to lead organisations in your area (see the contact below). Alternatively, use the web link below to the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit (NRU) site for a list of the 88 Neighbourhood Renewal Fund areas and contact details for the lead organisation in each area. Website.



The Heritage Lottery Fund West Midlands
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is encouraging community groups and organisations across the West Midlands to make sure they do not miss out on lottery money. HLF is famous for some of its large-scale projects, including funding for the restoration of Birmingham Town Hall, St Philip's Cathedral Churchyard and Wolverhampton Art Gallery. But not everyone is aware that the majority of their awards are for amounts of less than £50,000, with grants starting at just £500.

To encourage more applications for heritage projects at the smaller end of the scale, HLF is running a series of information days at their West Midlands headquarters in Cherry Street, Birmingham. The free events will take place on the first Thursday of every month. Attendees will be able to chat informally with Heritage Lottery Fund staff, discuss their project ideas and get more information about the types of projects HLF can fund. They can also get details about grant schemes specifically aimed at smaller organisations, such as Awards for All and Your Heritage, and about Young Roots a new scheme for young people aged between 13 and 20 years old.

Anyone wanting more information about the Heritage Lottery Fund, or to book a place at one of the information events, should call Chris Tomlin on 0121 616 6882. Website: http://www.hlf.org.uk



£74m for Building Safer Communities
£74 million of Government funding this year will help Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRP's) tackle crime and drugs in their communities. This will be the second year of the Government's Building Safer Communities Fund, which brought together a number of previous initiatives to cut down on bureaucracy and give partnerships increased flexibility. The funding is flexible, allowing partnerships to be able to fund a programme of varied work to help make their communities safer.

This funding of £74 million gives local partnerships the investment and flexibility they need to deliver real change on the ground to tackle drugs and crime, enabling them to take into account local circumstances and priorities.

The money can be used in a variety of ways, for example partnerships can use it to reduce gun crime; to disrupt drugs markets through direct police work; to pay for more CCTV cameras; or for warden schemes or targeted campaigns on particular crime hotspots. And the views of the community are key in informing these local decisions.

The Building Safer Communities (BSC) fund brings together the Safer Communities Initiative (SCI), the Partnership Development Fund (PDF) and the Communities Against Drugs (CAD) crime reduction funds. A breakdown of the funding to individual CDRP's can be found at http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk
An additional £9.3 million for CDRP's was announced on 14 October 2003 at the launch of the Anti-social Behaviour Action Plan, £25,000 for every CDRP. If you have an interest in making your community safer find details of your local Crime Reduction Partnership at Website: http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk/regions_map.htm



The Barrow Cadbury Trust
The Trust has now concluded its series of consultations on the new portfolio of programmes. They have consolidated their funding into three new programme areas: Inclusive Communities: focusing on mainstreaming approaches to equality. Offending and Early Intervention: addressing the rights of prisoners and protecting against criminalisation. Global Exchange: providing an international mirror to our domestic concerns.

In due course, they also propose to establish a funding stream to provide long term core support to strategically placed projects in their principal areas of interest. In all cases, their emphasis is on supporting community-based organisations as a key component of civil society. The new criteria are designed to unlock practitioner knowledge and establish a systematic approach to the sharing of good practice.

For more detail on the portfolio and to download the new guidelines look at their website. The Barrow Cadbury Trust, 25-31 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9UT Tel: 020 7391 9220 Fax: 020 73941 9229 Website: http://www.bctrust.org.uk



Stabilisation and Recovery
Their grants for the arts for stabilisation and recovery are aimed at larger-scale organisations which are central to arts provision in England and have a financial turnover of £250,000 or more with audiences in excess of 25,000 per year.
Stabilisation helps arts organisations to develop and re-focus their work, giving them an opportunity to put themselves on a more secure footing. These awards are made to help organisations develop their own stabilisation strategies and to provide the funding necessary to enable change.

Recovery assists key strategic arts organisations to develop financial recovery plans, in conjunction with their key stakeholders, which will enable them to secure their operation's stability in the medium term. You can find out how the Recovery programme works, or read frequently asked questions about Recovery on their website. If your organisation is facing financial difficulty, you might be eligible for funding through our Stabilisation and Recovery Programmes.

They strongly recommend that you read the eligibility and admission criteria before contacting the Stabilisation and Recovery Unit: Tel: 020 7973 6466 Email:
Grants for the arts capital Grants for the arts capital is funded by the National Lottery. This is the next stage in their programme of capital investment, up to and including 2006/2007.

Grants for the arts will fund a wide range of activities. For example: New buildings for the arts; Improving existing arts buildings; Converting existing buildings for use by the arts; Buying and installing new technology; Professional development and training staff; Setting up or strengthening the way organisations are controlled (usually the board); Setting up or strengthening the management team; Helping organisations as a whole to achieve the skills and resources needed to carry out the projects and manage them.

They welcome applications that support the aims of decibel, the Arts Council England initiative that is working to strengthen the development of culturally diverse arts in England.

All the documents you need to make an application are available to download from their website. Flexible funds are not normally open to application. These funds allow us to identify new opportunities for the arts, take new initiatives, establish new partnerships and address particular ambitions for growth, such as in cultural diversity or support for the European Capital of Culture.

Regular funding for Organisations
These are grants for organisations who receive funding from them on an ongoing basis. They have a funding agreement with these organisations and they review them regularly to ensure the funds they invest in them are meeting the terms of their funding agreement. Regular funding to arts organisations is paid out of grant-in-aid. Contact For general enquiries, Tel: 0845 300 6200 Textphone: 020 7973 6564 Email: Website.



Operation Gate It
While this is not an open funding programme it could fund Groundwork and BTCV to improve your neighbourhoods. Operation Gate It aims to deliver physical environmental improvements to areas which are run-down, badly designed or poorly maintained and have become magnets for anti-social behaviour.

The Anti-Social Behaviour Unit (ASBU) in the Home Office is funding the Gate It project as part of the Government’s TOGETHER campaign. The £2.3 million programme is managed by the environmental regeneration charity Groundwork and projects are delivered in partnership with Groundwork Trusts and local branches of BTCV.

Other agencies such as local Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships, the police and local authorities will also be involved in identifying and delivering projects.

It will enable communities across England and Wales to develop schemes that tackle environmental issues such as litter, vandalism and fly-tipping in alleyways.

Tackling crime and grime Operation Gate It will throw a spotlight on areas such as alleyways behind houses, bin stores, garages and derelict land near housing estates, and help local residents take action to make these areas cleaner, greener and safer.

The types of projects being funded include: Improving pathways, open spaces and communal areas to deter joy riding, fly-tipping and nuisance behaviour; Securing open spaces by installing gates on alleyways, bollards and fencing; Installing lighting or CCTV; Opening up visibility into parks or play areas to make them safer; Improving areas of neglected or waste land which attract anti-social behaviour. Email: Website: http://www.gate-it.org.uk



Healthy Lifestyle Grants
The Lifestyle Grants programme was launched in 2001 and has an objective to support lifestyle interventions in communities to prevent or reduce the risk factors of heart disease. We award grants from £1,000 to £10,000 that are one off, or for the first year. Part funding is also acceptable.

To apply, interested parties are required to send by e-mail an outline proposal that meets the guidelines provided with the application form. There is no closing date although grants are awarded twice a year in May and November.

The Charity's Lay panel prioritises all applications prior to being reviewed by the Lifestyle Review Panel. The Lifestyle Review Panel is comprised of trustees of the Charity with a special interest in lifestyle and advisors who work in the health promotion. Recommendations are then made to the Board of Trustees for the final decisions as regards the awarding of Lifestyle grants.

Who Can Apply? Community Organisations, Inter-sectoral partnerships, Community Researchers, Which Grant Applications are considered? ?Lifestyle interventions - physical activity, healthy eating and smoking cessation programmes that will help to prevent or reduce the risk factors of heart disease.

Grant Activities Not Supported. Initial grants may not be used primarily for salaries or capital costs. For further information please call their Lifestyle Officer on 0113 2976206 e-Mail: research.org.uk Website.

European Commission, EuropeAid Co-operation Office, Asia Urbs Programme, Loi 41 3/49, B-1049 Brussels, Belgium Tel +32-(0)2-298 47 31 Fax +32-(0)2-298 48 63. e-Mail: Website: http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/projects/asia-urbs/



Carnegie UK Trust Programmes
Carnegie UK Trust support two main types of programme. The first is research and policy analysis. The second is the provision of funding for grass roots social action programmes. These two programmes are intended to be complementary.

Currently our interest lies in the areas of: Encouraging young people to take an active part in decision-making in their communities and more widely in society; and Helping rural communities to shape and influence change.

The aim of their young people grants programme is to encourage young people to take an active part in decision-making in their communities and more widely in society. We have three main priorities: encouraging organisations and services to involve more young people in decision-making; identifying and promoting the benefits young people get from taking part in the decision-making; and sharing good practice and improving opportunities for young people to take part in decision-making.

The grants programme encourages applications from not-for-profit voluntary organisations, young-people-led networks and other agencies that support young people taking part in decision-making, such as a youth work agency or an organisation involved in encouraging people to take an active part in the community. We especially welcome applications from organisations and groups working with disadvantaged young people.

The Trust will support multi disciplinary and cross sector partnership initiatives that involve both statutory and voluntary organisations. We are particularly interested in proposals that cross traditional boundaries and bring together a range of ideas to enhance the voice of young people in decision-making at community and national level. The applicant organisation however must be based in the UK or Ireland and registered as charitable (or recognised by the Revenue & Customs • (HMRC) in Scotland).

They are interested in supporting innovative projects that are committed to the following: participation schemes that support programmes and services that are shaped, led and managed by young people; social and educational development schemes that increase young people’s knowledge, skills and confidence to help them take part in decision-making; empowerment schemes that make it possible for young people to take an active, and informed part in shaping decisions in their community and society; inclusion schemes that give particular attention to helping young people with restricted opportunities, building better community relations and promoting equal opportunities; sustainability schemes that aim to deliver better outcomes for young people over the longer term.

They will only consider applications from organisations that involve young people in all aspects of their project, from planning through to assessing the results.

Grants would usually be up to £30,000 in total, for a maximum of three years. In exceptional circumstances, they may consider grants of up to £20,000 a year for up to three years. For grants that last over one year, they will carry out a yearly review.
Grants are not available for buildings, for recreational or sports facilities, for individuals or for schemes where there is no evidence of involving young people.

The aim of their rural community development grants programme is to help rural communities to shape and influence change. We are keen to support innovative projects that seek to strengthen rural communities through enhancing people's confidence, knowledge and skills, organisational ability and resources.

This grants programme is open to: not-for-profit community organisations, including village hall committees; organisations that support rural communities, such as a rural partnership, council of voluntary service or rural community development support agency, such as a Rural Community Council.

The Trust will support multi disciplinary and cross sector partnership initiatives that involve both statutory and voluntary organisations. We encourage applications that deal with social, economic, environmental or cultural issues within and across rural communities. We are particularly interested in proposals that cross traditional boundaries, bring together a range of ideas and improve rural communities. The applicant organisation however must be based in the UK or Ireland and be registered as charitable (or recognised by the Inland Revenue in Scotland).

They are interested in supporting innovative projects that are committed to the following:

Empowerment schemes that help people and groups to influence decisions that affect their community; Participation schemes that help people to take part in shaping and delivering services in their community; Inclusion schemes that give particular attention to people with restricted opportunities and which promote equal opportunity and better community relations; Partnership schemes that encourage communities and agencies to work together; Learning schemes that encourage learning within and between communities.

They are keen to support opportunities for exchanging ideas and practice between organisations in the UK and Ireland and organisations overseas. They will, therefore, also consider applications that help people who are involved in developing rural communities in the UK and Ireland with: international study visits which will benefit an organisation; international networking and partnerships; learning programmes around global issues and local action; and international information and communications technology projects.

Above all, they want to support projects that other organisations can share experiences with and learn from. This grants programme is part of our wider commitment to support rural community development through the work of the Carnegie Commission for Rural Community Development. If they give you a grant, they will encourage you to help the Commission with its work.

Grants would usually be up to £30,000, for a maximum of three years. In exceptional circumstances, we may consider grants of up to £20,000 a year for up to three years. For grants that last over one year, we will carry out a yearly review.

Meetings are held in March, June and November. The deadline for future meetings will be 1st January, 1st April and 1st September respectively for the March, June and November meetings.

Carnegie UK Trust, Comely Park House, Dunfermline, Fife KY12 7EJ. Tel: 01383 721 445



Tech Museum Awards
The Tech Museum Awards, presented by Applied Materials, Inc., is a unique and prestigious program that honours and awards innovators from around the world who use technology to benefit humanity in the categories of Education, Equality, Environment, Economic Development, and Health. 25 Tech Laureates will be honoured at a black-tie celebration, invited to participate in press and media coverage, and introduced to a network of influential advisors. One Laureate in each category will be granted a $50,000 cash prize. Nomination deadline see web site or e-Mail them, as below.

The Tech Museum Awards, The Tech Museum of Innovation, 201 South Market Street, San Jose, CA 95113. Tel (408) 795-6338 Email: Website: http://techawards.thetech.org/



Home Office Refugee Integration Challenge Fund
Please visit their website for the next deadline for applications.. The scheme ends 31st March 2006
The Home Office Refugee Integration Challenge Fund was established in November 2001 to support the implementation of the Home Office's Refugee Integration Strategy. It is designed to promote innovative projects that address specific social needs amongst refugee communities. Projects must be for the benefit of those with full refugee status (under the 1951 UN Convention), or those who have been given Protection on Humanitarian Grounds or Discretionary Leave in the United Kingdom.

Total fund value is £3,000,000 with minimum: £20,000 and maximum: £50,000. There is no maximum limit on the amount of funding that may be awarded, but awards will normally fall within the range shown above.

The Home Office has commissioned a number of research projects into refugee integration. The most recent of these, the Indicators of Integration Project, has produced a framework that is designed to assist projects and policy makers to identify actions that may support integration. The Home Office will be assessing applications that seek to address the following areas: Means and Markers indicating the engagement of refugees in the life of their communities and the extent of their integration; Social Connection supporting the development of social relationships and networks within ethnic groups and between these groups, the wider community and the state.

Cultural Competence improving the skills and knowledge that will allow refugees to be active, engaged and secure within their new communities; Basis supporting refugees to engage fully and equally in UK society, including the development of innovative ways to provide advice on legal rights and the process of considering citizenship.

Funding will be concentrated upon activities that directly benefit refugees in the above areas. Some projects which seek to develop the capacity of, for example, refugee community organisations to develop the above services may be considered, although such capacity building will need to identify the anticipated outcome of the intervention.

For the current year the Challenge Fund has a capped budget and in the past funding has been highly competitive, so applicants should note that not all applications will be successful. The Home Office is committed to assessing all projects and ensuring that there is a spread of projects across the UK, covering a range of service areas (e.g. housing, employment etc.)

Projects that have received funding in earlier rounds of the Challenge Fund may apply for continuation of funding in the new round. All projects should clearly mark the box on the application form to indicate that they are seeking funding to continue an existing project. Please note that monitoring and evaluation data may be used in assessing applications.

Funding is awarded on an annual basis for a maximum period of 12 months. Organisations may apply for projects that will last longer by indicating the type of work that would be undertaken over a longer period and the associated costs, but the Home Office cannot commit to renewing funding after 12 months and applications will need to be resubmitted (along with all relevant project monitoring data) in order for an additional grant to be awarded.

The Challenge Fund is unable to: fund integration projects seeking to work with people who have not been granted refugee status, Protection on Humanitarian Grounds or Discretionary Leave; provide replacement funding for other statutory or mainstream funding programmes, such as legal advice on immigration or asylum that is funded through the Legal Services Commission; provide replacement funding where funding from another source has expired; provide a permanent funding stream for any project or set of activities, as it is designed to pump-prime services and support piloting of innovative demonstration projects; fund applications made by commercial organisations or private companies, unless they are acting in partnership with a voluntary/community organisation or public body.

See website, for full details of criteria and how to apply.
To find out more and register for the pre-application workshops please contact Michael Bell Associates on Tel: 020 7407 4010, Fax: 020 7407 4020 or by e-mail: If you have a query about the Challenge Fund, or wish to submit an application please e-Mail: Please note, Applications must be submitted by e-Mail. Postal applications cannot be accepted



One that may interest arts organisations
First Time Projects Fund
This is a small grants scheme to promote first time arts projects' in pupil referral units and learning support units.
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, and Arts Council England have joined forces to support the third and final round of the First Time Projects Fund. Earlier rounds of the scheme have successfully funded over 30 projects in different Pupil Referral Units (PRU's) and Learning Support Units (LSU's) throughout the country.

The scheme is intended to offer funding to help PRU's and LSU's which have not previously worked on a project with professional artists to do so for the first time.

Grants will be awarded directly to PRU's and LSU's to enable them to engage artists to work with teachers and pupils on new projects.

PRU's/LSU's may apply for grants of up to £3,000 there is no requirement for any matching funding.

Projects can be in any art form, or combination of art forms, and modest support for equipment may be included in the bid.
Applicants will need to demonstrate a commitment to documenting and evaluating their project and to sharing the outcomes of their project with other PRU's and/or LSU's.

For further details and an application form please contact the scheme administrators, Nick Randell Associates, First Time Projects Fund, 14 Butt Furlong, Fladbury, Pershore WR10 2QZ Tel: 01386 860390 Fax: 01386 860390 e-Mail: e-Mail to ascertain if still available, and deadline.


Nuffield Commonwealth Programme
Improving social well-being in Southern and Eastern Africa
The aims of the Nuffield Commonwealth Programme are to contribute to the improvement of education, health and social welfare in the commonwealth countries of Southern and Eastern Africa and to promote links between the UK and those countries. The Programme funds innovative and well-defined projects, involving collaboration between UK and overseas organisations in both their design and implementation, which develop the expertise and experience of practitioners and policy makers.

Grants of up to £250,000 over five years are offered to UK organisations working in partnership with organisations in the country or region concerned.

The programme makes grants every two years. Please visit their website for the next deadline for applications.

Exceptional projects with a Commonwealth dimension that do not meet the criteria of the Commonwealth Programme may be considered under the Open Door Programme.
For programme enquiries e-Mail: or contact Sarah Lock
Commonwealth Programme Co-ordinator Tel: 0207 631 0566. Please e-Mail for the next deadline for applications.


Community Champions Awards are given to individuals who have an idea for a community project. Each award winner receives a grant of up to £2k funded by Government’s Department for Education & Skills. The award winners use this money to kick-stat their project and run it for at least six months.

Contact: 020 7713 9306. Website:


Fast Forward Grants Grants of up to £10k are available to small organisations to help those furtherest from the labour market improve their confidence and skills, helping them to move closer to employment.

Contact: 020 7940 1515. Website:
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The William Wates Memorial Trust This is a small trust that aims to enhance the lives of disadvantaged young people (7-18). Its particular focus is sport, arts, and education in London and the South East. It gives around £50k pa to charities with the average grant being about £5k. In some cases the Trust is able to give £15k over a three-year period, and in rare cases can give one-off donations of up to £15k.

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UnLtd Awards These wards provide practical and financial support to social entrepreneurs in the UK – people who have both ideas and the commitment to develop projects which will benefit their community. The grants of up to £5k are designed to help make new ideas become real projects. Level 1 awards are aimed at individuals or informal groups of people who want to set-up new projects in their spare time. The money is to help with the running costs of the project.

Contact: 0845 020 1122. Website:
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EQUAL
The second round of ESF Equal in Great Britain has now opened. There will be around £130m ESF funding for Development Partnerships (DP's) in the second round. DP's will operate from late 2004 to December 2007. ESF will fund up to 50% of DP costs.

Funded through the European Social Fund, Equal is an initiative which tests and promotes new means of combating all forms of discrimination and inequalities in the labour market, both for those in work and for those seeking work, through transnational co-operation. Equal also includes actions to help the social integration of asylum seekers.

Equal operates across eight thematic fields which embrace the four pillars of the European Employment Strategy and support for asylum seekers.

Activities will be implemented by strategic partnerships called Development Partnerships (DP's). Each DP will address one thematic field of its choice.

Equal encourages participation and transnational co-operation through partnership building. It will, over time, develop good practice that can enhance the delivery of mainstream UK and Structural Fund activity.

Equal operates in stages called Actions 1, 2 and 3. Action 1 is a development stage lasting up to nine months during which DP's build their partnerships and prepare the main programme of activities to be funded during Action 2. Action 2 can last for up to 2 years and covers the implementation of pilot activities approved at the end of Action 1. Action 3 provides additional funding that covers thematic networking, dissemination and mainstreaming of good practice.

There are currently 76 Development Partnerships in Great Britain, and eight in Northern Ireland. In the first call, individual DP's received an average of £1.5m of ESF to deliver their activities across all three Actions. DP's ranged from £0.5m to £3m ESF.

Please visit their website for the next deadline for applications. Further details are also available on the Equal website: http://www.equal.ecotec.co.uk Email:



English Heritage Heritage Lottery Fund Joint Grant Scheme for Churches and Places of Worship
Though most repairs to places of worship are self-funded, some projects are beyond the resources of the congregation. English Heritage runs a joint grant scheme with the Heritage Lottery Fund, so that all those seeking funding can apply for funding through a single route ensures that all grant-aided work is of a high standard provides advice on all aspects of repair and conservation.

The National Lottery has made available new funding for historic churches. As English Heritage and the Heritage Lottery Fund can each grant aid different but overlapping kinds of work, our joint scheme is designed to make it easier for congregations or church supporters to apply for grants. All applications are processed by English Heritage.

English Heritage can help with major and urgent repairs to the historic fabric of places of worship which are listed at Grade I or II*. The Heritage Lottery Fund can also help many projects which we cannot grant-aid, such as Grade II buildings, repairs to bells, organs and other contents, and the provision of modest new facilities and access improvements. The main focus of the scheme is to help urgent and essential fabric repair. Because of the high level of demand, we can only consider structural works at high level and repairs to historic fabric which is at risk of imminent loss.

Grants will not be offered where the congregation appears able to meet the cost of the work itself or from other grant-giving bodies. Even where a grant is offered, the congregation will be expected to find part of the cost themselves.
Grants are usually for repairs, but the Heritage Lottery Fund can contribute to the cost of modest new facilities if they will secure the continued use of the place of worship by extending its use to the wider community.

The scheme is designed to encourage the highest standards of repair and conservation. Grant-aided repairs should put a halt to further decay without damaging the character of the building, or altering the features which give it its historic or architectural importance unnecessarily disturbing or destroying the historic fabric.

They expect work to be carried out using traditional methods and materials appropriate to the building, its history and condition. Often, a series of small repairs will be more appropriate than complete renewal - excessive repairs or over-restoration can detract from the intrinsic interest of historic buildings.

They also expect new work to preserve the historic fabric of the building intact, and that as far as possible any new work should be reversible. Good design, detailing and quality materials are also important considerations.

Applications can be submitted each year from 1st April and are divided into streams depending on the type of work and the size of the project. For urgent repair projects to grade I and II* places of worship with a total cost between £10,000 and £250,000 and large projects for places of worship of any grade with a total cost of over £250,000. For urgent repair projects to grade II places of worship and non-structural projects for places of worship of any grade with a total cost of between £10,000 and £250,000 – check their website direct for deadlines.

The only exception to these deadlines is where there is a real fabric emergency, in which case a grant application can only be made for the work necessary to remedy that emergency. A grant is never paid towards work carried out before approval is given.
For applications forms and full details, write to the Joint Grant Scheme, English Heritage Conservation Department, 23 Savile Row, London W1X 1AB Tel: 020 7973 3267 Website: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk (go to website and search for Joint Grant Scheme)

Funding for Charities following Tsunami


It is to great credit that the British Public have opened their pockets and ignited their passion for the various Tsunami appeals. Many of the donations are probably 'new' money, given by people who are not ordinarily in the habit of donating to charity, and perhaps it will encourage them to donate more regularly in future. On the other hand there will be a proportion of people who already donate to charity and have made Tsunami their contribution for the time being removing funds which might otherwise have gone to their normal giving source, or to charity generally.

Opinion is divided on whether this is likely to affect other charities whose work is local to the UK. Some commentators think that most other UK charities' funding will be unaffected; others (perhaps the more cynical among us) worry that companies will donate their allocated portion of charitable giving to the Tsunami appeals, seeing it as a good PR exercise, and use that as an excuse not to donate as normal to their local charities. And some think that Trusts and Foundations may alter their funding priorities to respond to this important and popular appeal.

No-one knows for sure and indeed this rush of good-hearted giving may be sustainable. Certainly the evidence from previous such appeals has been that most charities do not lose funding as a result of a special appeal such as the Tsunami. However, we are conscious that some donors have given more than their quota, (and even beyond), to the Tsunami Appeal, exhausting their funding which might otherwise ordinarily be considered for charities generally.

However, history does not always repeat itself and prudent charities will be aware that there may be implications for their own funding streams and will take measures now to protect their long term future.

We suggest that you do five things:

Do not commit to expenditure until you are sure that you have the funds.
Have in place contingency plans in case you find your funding is less than you hoped for.
Consider alternative sources of income.
Prioritise your activities so that those that are absolutely key do not suffer if funding is reduced.
Keep a very close eye on your cash flow and income/expenditure patterns.

Actually, well run charities will do this as a matter of course. But a reminder never hurts!

Microsoft Giving Grants Programme


Charities can get up to three software packages free from Microsoft every three years. The scheme's called Microsoft Giving
They will not support you if you are part of a national organisation like Age Concern or CAB. All you have to do is send a letter with an outline of your organisation or project, registered charity no if you have one. Say which MS packages you would like and explain how these will help you. e-Mail or post to P O Box 7916, East Reading. RG6 1XB.

The Microsoft Giving programme ? non-profit organisation grants:
The Microsoft Giving programme provides support in kind to hundreds of charity and community groups in the UK. Between 1998 and 2002 Microsoft donated over £3 million of software to the UK voluntary sector, for use in fundraising or helping to run voluntary organisations.

Charities and non-profit organisations can apply every three years. Unfortunately we are unable to provide multiple donations to any single charity, or to local community groups affiliated with national organisations.

We support a wide range of projects and are particularly interested in projects that improve access to technology for disadvantaged communities.

To apply for a donation of up to three software packages, please write to us at the address found at the bottom of this page. You should provide a brief outline of your project or organisation concise and factual information that will help us understand how we might be able to assist you and, where applicable, the software you require and your registered charity number.

Microsoft Community Learning Awards:
The aim of the Microsoft Community Learning Awards is to support groups and charities across the UK who are tackling digital exclusion by providing opportunities for disadvantaged young people and adults to learn about IT through community-based technology and learning centres. The awards will distribute 30 prizes of £2,500 to community groups across the UK. This is your opportunity to tell us about the IT training you provide and how a grant from Microsoft could enhance the real difference you are making in your community.

Apply for the Microsoft Community Learning Awards:
Commercial sponsorships

Microsoft will also consider commercial sponsorship proposals. Our corporate guidelines for such proposals are:

The property must support our brand positioning and characteristics

The property must help move people closer to our brand and products

Experience of the property will be enhanced through Microsoft software

The property upholds the following brand traits:

Innovation consistent with our leadership position

Inspiration reflecting the passionate attitude we have towards technology

Technology our product must be relevant and appropriate to the experience



This year Awards for All is piloting a Micro-grant programme to reach further into local communities and help even the smallest and newest community groups. Grants will be for £50-£500. This sounds very small but it can really help at local level.

Last year Awards for All commissioned a Review of the Viability of Awards for All developing a micro-grant scheme (JL Consultancy downloadable from AwardsforAll Microgrants which concluded that current micro-grant provision is very patchy and that there is a need for a straightforward, nationally known, locally promoted and supported, readily accessible micro-grant fund for localities and communities of interest. As one respondent to the review remarked 'Micro-grants just need to be there as the rain falls on the ground.'

The pilot is being run in twelve communities across three English regions. Each pilot area will have £15,000 available. Grants are targeted at specific defined communities for any sort of charitable purpose from helping new groups to get going, to running community events or replacing equipment but are only open to groups with an annual income of less than £7,000.

The Pilot is testing out a number of ideas that will be new for the National Lottery. One idea is that the way the grant is delivered can be very important for a small community group, especially if it is just starting or has no professional support. For this reason all the groups who want to apply, and those who are successful can get help from a named locally based community development agency contracted by AwardsforAllas part of the support for the grant AwardsforAll offers. This might be help with applying or thinking their scheme through or being put onto mailing lists and in touch with local networks and similar groups for continuing support. This can plug small groups into help whether or not they get a grant and can carry on helping them afterwards. The pilot will look at the added value that the way the grant is delivered provides to the groups, their communities and to other government policy objectives such as capacity building, community involvement, and social inclusion, as well as looking at the outcomes of the grant funding in improving the quality of community life.

Another idea is to target very small grants at a small community defined by locality and in some cases by common characteristics e.g. two pilots are aimed at older people and two at black and minority ethnic communities, both types of community are under-represented in current AwardsforAll funding. The point of this is to make the locality coherent enough and small enough that even new and small groups will find out about the grant and feel it is worth applying. Local publicity is being distributed by the local development agencies at grass roots level to reach beyond well-informed voluntary organisations. The pilot is also using regional or sub-regional fund administrators such as Community Foundations, Rural Community Councils and the Scarman Trust as well as direct administration by AwardsforAll to find out which is more effective for very small grants.

Another innovation for the Lottery picks up the DCMS aim of making the lottery more participative by using panels of local people for decision making about which groups should get grants in half of the pilot areas. A previous study has shown that this works well with small grants and can add to the skills and learning of local people and build community capital. This can be especially useful for communities usually under-represented in grant making. This pilot will explore the merits of traditional and local decision making for very small grants.

Finally Awards for All has tried to provide a simple and accessible grant for small groups while still preserving necessary safeguards. For example the application is fairly straight forward; fledgling community groups will be able to agree with local community centres and CVS that they can use their bank account if they do not have one of their own; the aim is to respond to all applications in ten weeks or less; and the feedback sought at the end of the grant is designed to help groups to see what they have achieved as well as accounting for the money.

The schemes are running in the following areas:

East Midlands North-East Derbyshire: Claycross and Danesmoor South Derbyshire: Woodville and Hartshorne and Ticknall South Holland: Long Sutton Sutton Bridge & Gedney Broxtowe: BME Communities

Yorkshire and the Humber East Riding: East Wolds and Coastal York: Foxwood & Chapelfield Selby: Selby South, Selby North, and the part of Barlby ward which covers Selby Scarborough: Whitby and District older people

South East Gosport: Bridgemary and Rowner Eastbourne: Hampden Park including Willingdon Trees Arun: Littlehampton, incorporating Rustington and East Preston older people Medway: BME communities

Further information about the local agencies involved in the programme is available from the manager of the pilot programme:

Phil Stevens. Micro Grants Project Officer. Awards for All. 3rd Floor, Dominion House, Woodbridge Road. Guildford. Surrey. GU1 4BN. Tel: 01483 462920. Fax: 01483 569893

Developing The Voluntary & Community Sector


ChangeUp is the Capacity Building and Infrastructure Framework for the Voluntary and Community sector, published by the Active Community Unit in June 2004.

Capacity building is about ensuring that organisations have the skills, knowledge, structures and resources to realise their full potential. The Government's 2002 Cross Cutting Review of the Role of the Voluntary and Community Sector in Service Delivery recognised that the sector and Government have a mutual interest in building the capacity of voluntary and community organisations. The report made a series of recommendations that aim to strengthen the support and assistance available to voluntary and community organisations.

In June 2004, the ACU published ‘ChangeUp’, developed in partnership with the sector.

ChangeUp's aim is that by 2014 the needs of frontline voluntary and community organisations will be met by support which is available nationwide, structured for maximum efficiency, offering excellent provision, accessible to all, truly reflecting and promoting diversity, and sustainably funded. ChangeUp describes the basic architecture of support which frontline organisations need.



Trust Funding Re-launched with a number of excellent new features including an improved search facility and a user profile that will enable users to receive tailor-made updates on grant-making trusts that are of interest. Users will also be able to subscribe or renew subscriptions online.

Company Giving Building on the success of DSC's A Guide to Company Giving, this site will give subscribers the benefit of regularly updated resource providing information on the top corporate givers. Users will be able to access information relevant to them through a detailed search process and will receive tailor-made updates on new additions.

Grants for Individuals Offers users access to information on over 2,600 grant-making trusts that provide funding for individuals in need, and for educational purposes. This site will again offer users the option to search on specific criteria relevant to them (or the people they work with or support), and allow them to save searches, save specific trust details, and receive automated updates on new or updated trusts.

KPMG FoundationThe focus of the KPMG Foundation is on education and social projects for the disadvantaged and under privileged, with particular emphasis on unlocking the potential of children and young people, up to 30 years of age, who for primarily social reasons have not fulfilled their educational potential.
In particular, the trustees have chosen to support four very distinct groups within this broad umbrella of disadvantaged€?. Those groups are: Refugees | Young offenders | Children and young people who have been in care | Children and young people with Dyslexia.

Cadbury Schweppes Foundation Education | Enterprise or Employment, focusing on areas of social deprivation | Work with at risk, or socially excluded. Please visit their web site for latest funding criteria.













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Grants for Consultancy & Training @ Messrs G Owen & Co:



...........how could you get your consultancy services paid for

Fundraising Consultancy is a worthwhile long term ‘investment’, (rather than an expense), the benefits of which will repay itself many times over. For some charities, fundraising consultancy fees may initially appear to be out of the question. Often, simply insufficient funds to pay for expert consultancy advice is not available.

If you feel your group/organisation would benefit from the type of services/training/support we provide, but funds are genuinely not available, then it may worthwhile contacting one of the following:


Lloyds TSB Foundation
PO Box 140, St Mary's Court , 20 St Mary at Hill, London. EC3R 8NA

Tel: 020 7204 5276



Ring to request an application form. Your work will need to fall within their chosen criteria usually advice services, disabled people, education and training, community relations, community facilities and services, cultural enrichment, discrimination, health promotion, family support, and challenging disadvantage.

Grants Net:



Grants Net gives information about grant schemes available to charities in the UK. Here you will find comprehensive information about grant support schemes for UK charities. Grants Net aims to reduce the efforts and costs, of identifying and applying for a grant. Visit their website for an online request.

The Baring Foundation
60 London Wall, London. EC2M 5TQ

Tel: 020 7767 1348



Please contact them for an application form. The Baring Foundation has a grants programme entitled Strengthening the Voluntary Sector, which will look at requests from national charities or local organisations in London (and some other areas) for strategic reviews.

National Lottery Awards for All Scheme

Tel: 0845 600 20 40



Grants available up to £5k. You can apply to Awards for All for grants regardless of your income but smaller community Groups with smaller incomes get and extra 5 points when they score organisations' assessments (This is out of a total of 175 points). Please telephone the above number for an Information Pack & Application Form, (if you find that you meet the criteria).

Bridge House Estates Trust Fund
Corporation of London
PO Box 270, Guildhall, London. EC2P 2EJ

Tel: 020 7332 3710



This trust only funds work in London involving children and young people, transport and access for elderly and disabled people and environmental conservation. Grants of up to £5,000 will be considered for consultancy work with charities working in these fields. Contact the Trust on the above number for an application form.

Director
Esmee Fairbairn Charitable Trust.
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
11 Park Place, London. SW1A 1LP

Tel: 020 7297 4700


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You will need to fall into their chosen criteria, social development welfare, the environment, education or the arts. They will consider strategic support for charitable organisation. To see whether you are eligible, send for a brochure.


Church Urban Fund. Anglican related social welfare projects in some inner city areas. Apply via local Diocesan Office

Department for Communities & Local Government & Third Sector Minister or Local Authority If there is a Central Government funding scheme in your area, funds may be available for fundraising strategy, training or organisational development.

European Funding Programmes
The regional government agency or Local Authority will be able to tell you what schemes operate in your area.



Access to Government Grants for the Voluntary and Community Sector


Fundraising Software Programs:


Other resourcesFunderFinder CAF CharityNet DSC Blackbaud's By The Book DonorPerfect Softerware Avant-Garde CharitySoft Fisk Brett.

While this Newsletter contains new and time deadline funding opportunities, do not forget that for ongoing funding from trusts and foundations there are: FunderFinder. GIN software which assists groups to identify suitable charitable trusts they can apply to, and the two CDs by Directory of Social Change which also help Grant Making Trusts CD Rom and the CD ROM Company Giving Guide The CD Rom database is also available to subscribers at website: http://www.trustfunding.org.uk as well as CAF Grantseeker FundDimensions RaisersEdge HonorRoll DonorPerfect Proclaim Donor Strategy and Netsupporter
Much of the above fundraising software programs are used by Messrs G Owen & Co.


Our website contains contact link for help, advice and assistance by clicking on the hyperlinks above which will take you to the appropriate page.


From there you will to e-mail and send enquiries. Where payment for charges are involved, simply click on the Nochex logo below which will automatically arrange this via my merchant account. On receipt of order and payment, you will be e-mailed links to automatically download material.
Microsoft Office Fundraising Training PowerPoint .ppt Fundraising Newsletter(s) Acrobat .pdf Word .doc Spreadsheets Excel .xls & AppleWorks Fundraising Training Movie QuickTime .mov Windows Media Player Macromedia Flash Player or RealOne Player
Some presentations are in Apple Keynote and QuarkXpress



Apply Yourselves is a Windows only software program that helps to write a grant application. The program is free and can be downloaded from:
Download the program to a convenient location, find the file using Windows Explorer or the tool of your choice and double-click on the file to run the installation of Apply Yourselves. For further information on how to install the program: To download a full version of the Tutorial in rich text format (*.rtf) (149 kB).

Budget Yourselves is a software program that helps a voluntary organisation or community group write a budget. It runs on Windows 98 or above. The program is free and can be downloaded from Download the program to a convenient location, find the file using Windows Explorer or the tool of your choice and double-click on the file to run the installation of Budget Yourselves. For further information on how to install the program

GIN update Save the file somewhere like Windows Desktop. To start the update, double click on the downloaded.

You will see a dialog box for the WinZip Self-Extractor. This contains the name of the folder where the updated files will be put. By default this is set to C:\FFUPDATS. WinZip [see below) will create this directory automatically if it is not present. You will also see that the WinZip Self-Extractor is set to overwrite files without prompting and, when done unzipping, to run another program.

The program that WinZip will run when it has unzipped the files is very similar to FunderFinder's ordinary update utility. It will examine your computer to see where you keep GIN and then update the relevant files.

It is strongly recommend that you do not change the default settings. Simply click on the top button, labelled 'Unzip' and let the update take its course.

It is sensible to run GIN after you have done the update and check the opening screen to confirm that you are using the latest version data.


Links Downloads Compression:


The size of some data files and programs are sometimes slightly too large, (which will inevitably slow down the download process). Similarly, where movies (.mov or .pps) or music in QuickTime Player or iTunes (.mp3 ) are shown, if you have a standard 56k service, (as opposed to BroadBand, ADSL, or ISDN), you may equally find that it will take a little longer to load. To reduce this, (where feasible), the larger data/programs have been compressed using either StuffIt or WinZip free versions of which can be downloaded by clicking on the logos above and following the instructions on the respective web sites.

NOTE: Simply either click on the links or logos to either download or view the web site concerned. Alternatively, highlight/copy and paste the above hyperlink to the web address browser and click return. The link will either automatically download or take you straight to the relevant web page. Dependant upon the Server/ISP used it will take some little while to download owing to the size of the data file(s)/program(s).


Illustrative range of software programs used by Messrs G Owen & Co:


Messrs G Owen & Co operates on cross-platform O/S Mac & Windows and also using Virtual PC
Voice Activation software is sometimes used IBM ViaVoice and on web site at LivePerson and LiveChat
Graphics are produced & managed using GraphicConverter Adobe ImageReady Adobe PhotoShop Adobe Illustrator iPhoto Adobe Studio iPhoto Dreamweaver MX FireWorks MX Director MX and Macromedia Flash MX
Fax facilities are operated by Apple Fax/e-Mail and eFax Messenger
Diary/Meetings/Training maintained by Palm Desktop iCal and Meeting Maker
Web Browsers & e-Mail Servers used: Safari Netscape Explorer Aol iChat NtlWorld Firefox Entourage and Apple Mail
Various custom designed Databases are used, plus FileMaker Pro
ICT Equipment used Apple Toshiba LCD Projector Hewlett-Packard & Epsom Presentation/Projection Screen


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It takes a lot of time, commitment and money to continue to update this site alone with over 191+ web pages needed material FREE for the asking! This excludes the work of material to download. You can help in three simple and easy ways.

Firstly, become an annual sponsor of this site with a contribution of only £25.00 please pay this before downloading ANY material. To fail to make payment deprives future development for Voluntary Groups and penalises small organisations/groups please help us to help you!

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